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Role of self-actualization in green production behavior: Evidence from rice smallholders in China

Heliyon
Understanding who adopt green production and why they choose this strategy is an important issue that needs to be addressed in the context of increasingly severe agricultural pollution.
Hui Li, Yaoming Liang, Lingling Shi, Jiaen Zhang, Fengbo Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Independent oil palm smallholder management practices and yields: can RSPO certification make a difference?

Environmental Research Letters, 2021
Smallholders are a substantial part of the oil palm sector and thus are key to achieving more sustainable production. However, so far their yields remain below potential.
Rosanne E De Vos, Aritta Suwarno, Maja Slingerland, Peter J Van Der Meer, Jennifer M Lucey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

SUSTAINABILITY IN RURAL AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS BASED ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2023
Background. Rural agri-food systems are responsible for the production of most of the food products consumed in urban centers, however, despite the current importance they have in the food systems of populations worldwide, their structure and functioning,
Simón Andrés Botero-Posada, Xavier Álvarez - Del Castillo, Leonardo Alberto Rios-Osorio   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do voluntary certification standards improve yields and wellbeing? Evidence from oil palm and cocoa smallholders in Ghana

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2021
Cocoa and oil palm production are major agricultural activities in Ghana, contributing substantially to the national economy and rural livelihoods. Even though smallholders produce practically all cocoa and a large fraction of oil palm in Ghana, their ...
Dompreh Eric Brako, Asare Richard, Gasparatos Alexandros   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan, Halit Yanıkkaya, Hüseyin Alperen Özer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking smallholders’ livelihood resilience with their adaptation strategies to climate impacts: insights from the Tibetan Plateau

Ecology and Society
Adaptation and livelihood resilience are two key concepts for understanding the climate change process of smallholder farmers, but the relationships between them are not well understood.
Xinjun He, Jianzhong Yan, Liang Emlyn Yang, Junying Wang, Hong Zhou, Xue Lin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Including Smallholders with Vertical Coordination

, 2021
The current chapter demonstrates an application of the theoretical framework of vertical coordination, more specifically the application of contracting in productive partnerships, to integrate smallholders into the value chain of a specialised crop.
Bitsch, Linda, Atoyan, Silva, Richter, Barbara, Hanf, Jon, Gagalyuk, Taras   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Deforestation and Efficiency: Insights From Forest Transition in the Brazilian Cerrado

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates technical efficiency (TE) and environmental efficiency (EE) of agricultural production at the municipal level of the Brazilian Cerrado in 2006 and 2017, and investigates their underlying mechanisms in relation to forest transition theory.
Ricardo Muniz Simões, Cassiano Bragagnolo, Humberto Francisco Silva Spolador   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source